Improvement in harvesters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OALEE LEE, oEsAIvDY,4 OHIO, AssIGNoE 'ro HIMsELF AND .IosHIIA LEE,

` or SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT |N HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 66,154, dated June 25, 1867.

declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference lbeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication. Y j

This invention consists -in theconstruction `and arrangement of the main frame, drag-bar having bearing for the crankshaft, and provided with double joints, the jointed brace, shoe, and crank-lever, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and usemy invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l is a top-plan view of my improvements in movving-machine. Fig. 2A is a vertical sectional elevation from the line w Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

\ A represents a rectangular frame, which may be made of wood or metal, and mounted on an axle, B,upon which run the wheels (l G. Upon the inside of the rim of the wheel G are teeth, that correspond and mesh into a pinion,

`I), which is located and secured to the shaft chine, as seen at K, so that the elbow of the bar may be raised or rolled, as desired.

L is a brace, also provided with jcints, so as to conform tothe motion of the drag-bar. The object and purpose of `this brace L is to strengthen andsupport the drag-bar against any lateral pressure.

M is the shoe, that is firmly secured to the drag-bar I in such a position that when the drag-bar is elevated for the purpose of moving from one place to another, the shoe will rest upon the frame A, so that the Weight of the drag-bar ,is brought upon the frame. N is a crank-lever, that is connected by any proper means to the toe of the shoe M, for the purpose of elevating and lowering the drag-bar. O is a steel spring, made in the form as seen in the drawings, and secured at a a to each end of the frame.V P is the drivers seat, located upon the said spring O, and constructed in such a manner that it may be adjusted to any desired position. Q is the pole, of ordinary construction, secured to the front end of the machine in any well-known manner, and by which the machine is drawn.

4Having thus described my invention, what l I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersV forth.

OALEB LEE.

Witnesses IsAIAII-MEREDITH, JAMEs BENNER. 

